title: [A case of acute disseminated Mucor encephalitis in a heifer].
abstract: The case of a 2 1/2 year old Swiss Braunvieh heifer suffering from an acute disseminated mycotic encephalitis caused by a Mucorales spp. infection is presented. Clinical signs and analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (increased protein concentration and pleocytosis) were typical for an acute encephalitis, probably due to a listeriosis. The histological examination of the brain revealed an acute disseminated thrombo-embolic encephalomyelitis due to a fungi infection, morphologically consistent with Mucorales spp. The occurrence of bovine cerebral mucormycosis is rare and therefore the veterinarian should become aware of a case which was clinically not distinguishable from a listeriosis.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Wiederkäuer und Pferdemedizin, Universität Zürich.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schönmann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thoma
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Braun
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D004673:Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D009090:Mucorales / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*
vernacular_title: Ein Fall von akuter disseminierter Mucor-Enzephalitis bei einem Rind.